Shopping ephemera subject files, 1958-2011 (bulk 2005-2011)
(Document/manuscript/pamphlet/archival material)

Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject.

Materials housed in Special Collections Division of the Main Library, Nashville Public Library.

In library use only. Available by appointment.

Scope and content: A variety of items, mostly relating to shopping malls located in Nashville or surrounding communities. Most folders contain less than five items, and often only a single item. Items are often mall brochures, showing the general floor plan and location and types of stores within the mall. Particularly significant are mall brochures from 2009 for Opry Mills Mall, which was inundated by the 2010 flood; and a 1958 booklet promoting Donelson Center, highlighting the growth of suburbs and the Donelson community in particular, and containing many statistics. A few items document efforts to improve mall safety by describing expected and prohibited behavior, and curfew or special rules for youth. Some items include special discounts or other shopping incentives.

Topics include: Church Street Centre in downtown (ca. 1996); Donelson Center (ca. 1958); Green Hills Mall (2008-2011); Hickory Hollow Mall (2006-2008); 100 Oaks (2005-2007); and Opry Mills (2007-2009).

Cite as: [folder title or item description], Shopping Ephemera Subject Files, Special Collections Division, Nashville Public Library

Some items may be restricted by copyright law or donor restriction.

Intentionally assembled by staff of the Special Collections Division, beginning at an unknown date, probably in the late 1960s, and collected on an ongoing basis.

In English

Process;,2015;,Linda Barnickel.

Additional accruals are expected.